Since this past May, around 16 cattle have grazed at Emery Farm. This is the first time they will be seen alongside the road for the public to view as they drive by the farm.

In addition to mowing and maintaining the areas around the farm, the cattle will be fertilizing the land. Soule said if they had mowed the land they would have removed all of the nutrients.

“With the cattle it goes directly from the animal and goes back into the land,” Soule said.

Towle agreed the cattle work better because there are pieces of land that the tractor and mower would have trouble reaching. The land, which used to grow vegetables for Emery Farm, might be rejuvenated for future use.

“They’re better at getting into places where we can’t get to,” Towle said. “Eventually we might get this field back.”

Farm owner David Hills was pleased with how well the cattle have done. After providing the land for Storm and Cloud, Hills helped with the fencing costs.

“They truly are magnificent animals and they’ve been doing an incredible job of clearing our fields,” Hills said in a previously released statement.

Miles Smith Farm sells their beef at the farm as well as other places including Young’s and Johnson’s Steak and Seafood restaurant. It began its operations in the 1850s by Miles Smith and is currently owned by Soule and Bruce Davison.

Emery Farm began by Joseph Smith in 1655 and is the oldest operating farm in America.

Soule said before machinery took over,cattle were the primary mowing source for farms.

“This is the way it used to be done,” Soule said. “You move the cattle where the grass is and they’ll do their thing. It’s really the way we used to do things.”